The only time I truly fear the 183 is when he has not been spotted, once he's lit there's something you can do to take him out. Unseen that beastly gun can...no WILL...wreak havok. I think I've killed more 183s than have been killed by them.

The tanks is balanced and is the best tank in the British tank tree, If you nerf the tanks you loose any desire to use the british teck tree. I say leave the tank alone and just try to flank it or aim for one of its many week spots. The turet doesn't spin 360 so you can get around it. So i think the FV215b 183 is balanced and that it needs to be left alone.

The FV215 183 is a very OVER POWERED tank. 1750 damage aka 1 shot on tier 8 tanks 2 on tier 10s, what is the meaning of this madness. Its armor can also deflect even the more "powerful penetration" tanks such as the JgPzde100, a tank with heavy armor yet the FV215 183 can still pen it from almost any angle on its top front armor. This shows that FV215 183 needs a large nerf or other tanks need a large boost. PLEASE BALANCE THE FV215 183 as it causes unfair gameplay to other tanks!

Almost all tier 8's have less than 1750 health besides kv5, maybe one or two more. And most of them have around 1500 for heavies. It's not very often i hit a tier 8 and it doesnt die. Tier ix heavies typcally live but usually dont have more than 200 hp left. Tier ix is where you have to start aiming too. Everything tier 8 is easy to pen as long as you dont hit spaced armor.

As a person who has played the 183 I think this post is funny. You have no clue how frustrating this tank is to play. And the reload time is terrifying. If you miss your shot or bounce a shot (which does happen) and the person knows anything about the 183 you're screwed. It takes skill to play this tank. The 183 is very well balanced in my opinion. If you're so scared of the 183 just stay away from it if you see it. But it is a very easy tank to take out. Just wait for it to fire and you have 30 seconds before the next round is loaded to take it out. With low armor that is easy to do.

You eff in the fvb 183 is almost 700 more then your overall average you kill .83 / game overall and 1.32 / game in the fvb I'm gonna go out on a limb and say even mediocre players are deadly in this tank

I have gone back to playing the FV and worked out that the low roll with HESH is simply because it didn't pen. If you pen then you will get 1600 + damage and probably a fire as well. If you don't the HE nature of HESH gives you a bonus 600 HP damage that you wouldn't get with another shell type. I have now loaded all HESH and don't get tempted to fire AP. The TD isn't OP though as it is hard to hide something that big, but you need to stay back and snipe, no pushing or you die quick. Like most T10 TDs it needs a lot of support if you want to attack. Very fun TD though and I think I now prefer it to the Foch 155, having a turret is much better.

Yes the 183 can deal mad damage but I think a lot overlook a couple things. 1 this tank can be extremely hard to be effective with at times. Rng will make a hero or a fool out of you just depends what kind of mood she is in. 2 this tank my opinion is very team depended, if you get a run of bad teams this tank turns into a nightmare. 3rd and last the 183 boom stick is the most unpredictable gun in the game. I have made 500 meter shots with ap that hit that lil weak spot and rolled high and turn around with hesh and completely( for no reason ) miss that 30 meter point blank shot. lol it truly has a mind of its own for me. example after a 100 games in this tank I had a 59% win rate and avg damage was I believe 3.5 witch I know is nothing to brag about. second 200 battles uggh I mean beating my head in the computer desk bad just a awful run 2.3k avg damage and loss after loss after loss. destroyed my win rate in the 183 its down to a shameful 45% in this tank. this tank takes much more skill to use than what people assume it does. its not a waffle for sure not in the same ballpark. I still love this tank even though I hate it lol but it is balanced way more than a waffle or a foch in my opinion.